Oil dispenser



Sept. 25, 1934.

W. W. HODGSON OILDISPENSER Filed OCT.. 4, 1933 me/nto@ Patented Sept. 25, 1934 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 4, 1933, Serial No.y 692,153

3 Claims.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a device for dispensing lubricating oil. Prior to the invention, it has been a common practice to provide a funnel which is used for 5 dispensing lubricating oil with a cutter housed within the body portion of the funnel and serving to form an opening in the end of a sealed metal container when the container is forced down into the body portion of the funnel, or the -funnel inverted andy forced down on to the container. Dispensing devices or" this type are adapted to be used withone size of container,

An object of the present invention is to pro.

vide a dispensing device of the above type which may be used for dispensing oil from different sizes of containers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an oil dispensing device in the form of affunnel wherein the body portion is shaped so as to receive and position containers of different sizes.

A stillfurther object of the inventionis to provide an oil dispensing device of the above type wherein separate cutters are provided for penetrating the ends of the containers adjacent their respective end seams.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side view withparts'broken away showing the oil dispensing device embodying the improvements and showing diagrammatically said 30 dispensing device as attached to a relatively small container;

' Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the dispensing device as applied to a relatively large container; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the dispensing device as shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 41s a side view of a dispensing device embodying a modiiied form of the invention and showing diagrammatically the dispensing device as applied to containers of two different sizes.

The invention is directed to an oil dispensing device used for dispensing oil from sealed metal containers. The oil is put up by the original dispenser in sealed containers of different sizes, preferably a container of one quartacapacity and a container ofve quart capacity. The oilf'is sold in these original packages at thelling stations whic-h are opened in the presence of the customersy and emptied into the crank casing of the engine where it is used for lubricating purposes.

In the patent granted Alfred L Kronquest, May 20, 1933, No. 1,912,283, there is shown an oil dispensing device in the form of a funnel wherein a cutter is disposed within the Vbody portion of the fun-nel so as to penetrate the end of the container adjacent the double seam. The present invention has to do with an improvement in this funnel dispensing type of container so that it is adapted for use on a small size container of one quart capacity and also on a large size container of five quart capacity. To this end, the body portion of the funnel is shaped so as to conform in part to the small container, whereby said container may be placed in a predetermined position on the body portion of the funnel. The body portion of the funnel is also shaped so as to conform in part to the large size container, whereby said container may be placed in a predetermined position on the body portion of the funnel. Attached to the body portion of the funnel is a cutter which is so disposed thereon as to penetrate the small container adjacent the end seam. There is a separate cutter also mounted on the body portion which is so disposed as to penetrate the large container adjacent its end seam.

Referring more in detail tothe drawing, the dispensing device embodying the improvements consists of a funnel having a body portion 1 carrying a spout r2 which is preferably formed integral therewith. The spout, as shown, is located at one side of the body portion, and its longitudinal axis is inclinedv to the longitudinal center line of the body portion. The body portion lY is provided with a section 3 which is curved to conform to the shaping of a portion ofthe small container. Fromthe point 4 to the point 5, said section 3 is shaped similar in cross section to a cross section of the small container, so that if the small container is'placed in this section 3 of the body portion of the funnel, it will always take a predetermined position relative to the body portion. Attached to the wall of the funnel is a cutter 6. Said cutter is secured to thebody portion by suitable screws '7, 7. The cutter is of the general construction shown in the Kronquest patent referred to above. It has a piercing point 8Y and cutting edges 9 leading therefrom, which penetrate and cutl the metal of the cam end along a line adjacent the end seam of the container. The cutter is also provided with wing portions 10,' 10 which are skeleton in form, and which have cutting edges 11 that cut the metal of the end along substantially parallel lines. In Fig. l of the drawing, the dispensing device asabove described is shown as applied to a small container indicated at C, which container conforms to the curvature of the wall forming the section 3. Theiunnel' is 'preferably placed in contact with the upper end of the container while resting on a solid foundation, then the body por` tion of the funnel is gradually moved down on to the container, causing the cutter to penetrate the end of the container, cutting a section from the end which is rolled downwardly and inwardly as indicated at c. This provides a relatively large opening extending all the way to the double seam. There is a supporting ledge l2 on the body portion of the funnel with which the end seam contacts when the opening has been completed in the container end. After the funnel has been attached to the container in the manner above described, then it may be inverted as a unit, and the spout placed in the receiving pipe so that the oil will be discharged from the container into the spout; and from the spout into the crank casing.

The body portion of the funnel is also provided with a section indicated at 13. The walls of this section 13 are formed integral with and lead into the walls of the section 3. The walls of the section 13, however, are curved about a center so that the radius of curvature is substantially the same as the radius of curvature of the large container. rIhis gives a shaping to the inner face of the section 13 which conforms in part tothe curvature of the wall of the large size container.

Attached to the body portion of the funnel is a second or separate cutter 14 which has a penetrating point 15, and cutting edges leading therefrom, which will cut the end of the large size container adjacent the end seam, and substantially along the end seam, for a short distance. This cutter 14 is likewise provided with skeleton wing portions having cutting edges 16 which cut the metal along parallel lines. The cut out portion is forced downwardly and inwardly by the wings of the cutter so as to produce a wide open.- ing through which the oil may be dispensed. The

cutter 14 is secured tothe body portion by screws In Fig. 2 of the drawing, the dispensing device as above described is shown as applied to a large size container indicated at C'. The curved section 13 is placed on the container which rests on a solid foundation, and then the funnel is moved down along the wall of the container causing the cutter 14 to contact with the end of the container adjacent the end seam, and this forms an opening which is so disposed relative to the end seam, that substantially all of the contents of the container may be dispensed through the opening. After the funnel has been attached to the container, then the funnel and Ncontainer as a unit is inverted, and the contents discharged through the opening in the end of the container will pass into the spout and from the spout into the oil receiving chamber.

In the arrangement of the cutter 14 as shown in Figures 1 and 2, said cutter will also penetrate the end of the small container. This opening formed in the end of the small container aids in distributing the oil and in venting the container.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing, an arrangementisshown whereby the cutter 14 does not penetrate the small container. The body portion 1 of the funnel, as shown in this Fig. 4, is elongated, and the cutter 6 is disposed further from the spout. There is a supporting ledge 17 disposed relative to the cutter 6, so that when the funnel is placed on the small size container, such as indicated at C in said figure, the end seam will contact with this supporting ledge 17. The cutter 14 is attached to the funnel in the same manner as de- Ascribed in connection with the form shown in Figures 1 and 2. The piercing end 15 of the cutter, however, terminates slightly below the supporting face of the ledge 17, so that when the funnel is placed on a small size container, this piercing point 15 will not engage the end of said container. There is a supporting ledge 18 associated with the cutter 14 which is similar to the supporting ledge 12. In Fig. 4, the large size container is indicated at C', and it will be noted that when the funnel is placed on the large size container, the cutter 6 does not engage the same. This provides a construction wherein the cutters are not only separate, but they only function with one container at any time. This enables the funnel to be applied to the container by a pressure sufficient only to cut one opening in a container end. The dispensing of the oil from the container is accomplished in the construction shown in Fig. 4, precisely in the same way as in the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2. The end view of the construction shown in Fig. 4 is the same as that shown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that changes in the details of construction and the arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is-

1. An oil dispensing funnel comprising a body portion having a discharge spout, said body portion being shaped so as to conform in part to a relatively small container and in-part to a relatively large container for respectively positioning said containers on said body portion, a cutter carried by said body portion and disposed so as to "f tion being shaped so as to conform in part to af relatively small container and in part to a relatively large container for respectively positioning said containers on said body portion, a cutter rigidly fixed to said body portion and Ahaving a penetrating point and cutting edges leading therefrom, said cutter being disposed in said body portion so as to penetrate the end of the small container adjacent its end seam and to cut said end along lines close to the end seam and leading inwardly therefrom, and a separate cutter rigidly xed to said body portion and having a penetrating point and cutting edges leading therefrom, said last-named cutter being disposed so as to penetrate the end of the large container adjacent its seam and to cut said end along lines close to the end seam and leading inwardly therefrom.

3. An oil dispensing funnel comprising a body portion having a discharge spout, said body portion being shaped so as to conform in part to a relatively small container and Vin part to a relatively large container for respectively positioning said containers on said body portion, a cutter f g carried by said body portion and disposed so as to penetrate the end of the small container adja-` cent its end seam, and a separate cutter carried by said body portion and disposed so 'as to penetrate the end of the large container adjacent its end seam, said last-named cutter being disposed in said body portion so as to be free from engagement with the small container when the rstnamed cutter is in full engagement therewith. WILLIAM W. HODGSON. 

